Buying Train Tickets
Use these essential phrases to buy train tickets, check departure times, and find your platform at a Korean station.
Key Phrases
다음 기차 몇 시에 있어요?
neutraldaeum gicha myeot sie isseoyo?
What time is the next train?
A polite and standard way to ask the staff for the schedule.
대전 표 두 장 주세요.
neutraldaejeon pyo du jang juseyo.
Two tickets to Daejeon, please.
지금 자리 있어요?
neutraljigeum jari isseoyo?
Are there seats right now?
우리 부산 갈 거야.
casualuri busan gal geoya.
We are going to Busan.
Use this casual form with friends to state where you are going.
부산에 갈 거예요.
neutralbusane gal geoyeyo.
I am going to Busan.
The appropriate neutral form to tell the ticket agent your destination.
일반실로 주세요.
neutralilbansillo juseyo.
Standard class, please.
기차표 얼마야?
casualgichapyo eolmaya?
How much are the train tickets?
Use this casual form only to ask your travel companion.
모두 얼마예요?
neutralmodu eolmayeyo?
How much is it in total?
Use this neutral form when paying the ticket agent.
어디에서 기차를 타요?
neutraleodieseo gichareul tayo?
Where do I board the train?
3번 플랫폼입니다.
politesambeon peullaepomimnida.
It is platform 3.
Service staff often use the polite -입니다 form.